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Self-Guided Walking Holidays in the UK & Ireland

Our self-guided walking holidays are a wonderful way to discover Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales and the Channel Islands at your own pace. Packages include hand-picked accommodation, daily baggage transfers, guidebook/map, and 24/7 support from our dedicated team.

Explore unspoilt coastline, majestic mountains and incredible historic sites on some of the world’s most spectacular long-distance walking trails.

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West Highland Way
£570
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
96 miles / 154 km
Great Glen Way
£530
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
73 miles / 117 km
Coast to Coast
£1385
Walking Holidays
14 Nights
190 miles / 304 km
Hadrian’s Wall Path
£595
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
84 miles / 135 km
St Cuthbert’s Way
£570
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
62.5 miles / 100 km
Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path
£1160
Walking Holidays
10 Nights
133 miles / 214 km
Rob Roy Way
£755
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
79 miles / 126 km
Fife Coastal Path
£780
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
81 miles / 130 km
John Muir Way
£1265
Walking Holidays
11 Nights
134 miles / 215 km
Arran Coastal Way
£570
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
63 miles / 100 km
Cateran Trail
£705
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
64 miles / 103 km
Jersey Coastal Path
£710
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
48 miles / 77 km
Offa’s Dyke Path
£1330
Walking Holidays
13 Nights
177 miles / 285 km
Guernsey Coastal Path
£795
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
39 miles / 63 km
Southern Upland Way
£1830
Walking Holidays
14 Nights
212 miles / 341 km
Northumberland Coast Path
£580
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
64 miles / 103 km
Kintyre Way
£790
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
100 miles / 161 km
Tour of the Lake District
£1025
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
93 miles / 145 km
Lady Anne’s Way
£640
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
100 miles / 160 km
East Highland Way
£755
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
82 miles / 132 km
Herriot Way
£560
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
52 miles / 84 km
Skye Trail
£1085
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
80 miles / 128 km
Cleveland Way
£1100
Walking Holidays
10 Nights
109 miles / 176 km
Dales Way
£775
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
80 miles / 129 km
Speyside Way
£895
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
85 miles / 136 km
Borders Abbeys Way
£685
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
68 miles / 109 km
Isle of Wight Coastal Path
£570
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
67 miles / 108 km
Berwickshire Coastal Path
£490
Walking Holidays
4 Nights
40.5 miles / 66 km
Isle of Skye & Outer Hebrides
£1270
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
Shetland & Orkney
£1420
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
Devon & Cornwall
£1225
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
Moyle Way & Causeway Coast Way
£725
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
60.5 miles / 97 km
Cumbria Way
£650
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
73 miles / 118 km
Wicklow Way
£750
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
86 miles / 138 km
St Oswald’s Way
£785
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
97 miles / 156 km
Lake District & Yorkshire Dales National Parks
£1000
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
The Ridgeway
£870
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
87 miles / 139 km
Kerry Way
£720
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
114 miles / 183 km
South West Coast Path – Padstow to Penzance
£950
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
107.5 miles / 172 km
South West Coast Path – Penzance to Falmouth
£695
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
63.5 miles / 100.5 km
Cotswold Way
£810
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
102 miles / 164 km
South West Coast Path – Minehead to Westward Ho!
£850
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
88 miles / 142 km
Loch Ness 360°
£705
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
77.5 Miles / 125 km
Cotswolds & Jurassic Coast
£1185
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
Snowdonia & Pembrokeshire Coast National Parks
£1145
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
Moray Way
£905
Walking Holidays
8 Nights
95 miles / 152 km
South West Coast Path – Lyme Regis to Poole
£815
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
75 miles / 120 km
South West Coast Path – Exmouth to Lyme Regis
£480
Walking Holidays
4 Nights
30 miles / 48 km
Dingle Way
£695
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
111 miles / 179 km
South Downs Way
£825
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
100 miles / 160 km
Pennine Way
£1795
Walking Holidays
17 Nights
265 miles / 427 km
Moray Coast Trail
£505
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
44 miles / 70 km
Thames Path – Central
£960
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
73 miles / 117.5 km
South West Coast Path – Plymouth to Exmouth
£1020
Walking Holidays
9 Nights
101.5 miles / 164 km
Pennine Way – Central
£785
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
103 miles / 166 km
Thames Path – West
£670
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
54 miles / 87 km
Pennine Way – North
£560
Walking Holidays
5 Nights
72 miles / 116 km
Pennine Way – South
£775
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
90 miles / 144 km
South West Coast Path – Westward Ho! to Padstow
£825
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
78 miles / 126 km
South West Coast Path – Falmouth to Plymouth
£820
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
77 miles / 122.5 km
Pembrokeshire Coast Path
£1470
Walking Holidays
14 Nights
186 miles / 298 km
Thames Path – East
£945
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
57 miles / 91.5 km
Pembrokeshire Coast Path – Central
£750
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
60 miles / 96 km
Pembrokeshire Coast Path – North
£680
Walking Holidays
6 Nights
68 miles / 109 km
Pembrokeshire Coast Path – South
£790
Walking Holidays
7 Nights
58 miles / 93 km
View of Buachaille Etive Mor leaving Kinghouse
Magnificent view of Ben Nevis (Credit; Jack Everts)
Black Rock Cottage near Glencoe
Wonderful landscape on the West Highland Way (Credit; John Drain)
Bluebell woods on the West Highland Way (Credit; Sarah Lamagna)
View from Top of Devil's Staircase (Credit; Sam Hamilton)
Absolute Escapes clients walking the West Highland Way
Walkers approaching Beinn Dorain (Credit; Greg Mitchell)
End of the West Highland Way in Fort William (Credit - John Herbert)

West Highland Way

From £570pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 96 miles / 154 km
Duration 6 - 10 Nights
  • Experience one of the world's most famous long-distance walks
  • Enjoy breathtaking scenery from Loch Lomond into the heart of the Scottish Highlands
  • Relish the wonderful international camaraderie of your fellow walkers
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Urquhart Castle on Loch Ness (credit - Kenny Lam, VisitScotland)
Our client Douglas enjoying the view on the Great Glen Way (credit - Douglas Sinclair)
Gairlochy Lighthouse on the Caledonian Canal (credit - Doreen and George Mealing)
An Absolute Escapes client enjoying the Great Glen Way (credit - Rick & Sue Little)
Walkers on the Great Glen Way
Absolute Escapes clients at the Viewcatcher sculpture on the Great Glen Way (credit - Brian Bence)
Absolute Escapes clients on the banks of Loch Ness (credit - Lizzie McIntire)
Absolute Escapes clients at the end of the trail in Inverness (credit - Val Fryer)
Inverness at sunset (credit - Shivani Marek)

Great Glen Way

From £530pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 73 miles / 117 km
Duration 6 - 8 Nights
  • Experience one of Scotland's most famous long-distance walks
  • Explore mysterious Loch Ness and enjoy a cruise on the loch
  • Hike through deep glens, ancient forests and dramatic mountains
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Views over Ullswater in the Lake District National Park
Walking across the stepping stones at Egton Bridge
On top of the world in the Lake District
The end of the Coast to Coast in Robin Hood's Bay
Walking towards Keld in the Yorkshire Dales
Lake Grasmere on the Coast to Coast
On the Coast to Coast in the Yorkshire Dales
Hiker on the Coast to Coast
Sine from the Absolute Escapes team on the Coast to Coast
Walkers dipping their boots in the North Sea at Robin Hood's Bay

Coast to Coast

From £1385pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 190 miles / 304 km
Duration 14 - 18 Nights
  • Walk through three of England's magnificent national parks
  • Discover the idyllic lakeland valleys of Borrowdale, Grasmere and Patterdale
  • Experience the wonderful camaraderie of your fellow coast-to-coasters
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Daisy from the Absolute Escapes team in front of the view near Housesteads
Absolute Escapes clients at the signpost near Bowness-on-Solway (credit - Martin Arvesen)
Hadrian's Wall near sunset at Walltown (credit - David Head)
Sycamore Gap on Hadrian's Wall Path
Scenery along the path from Carlisle to Walton (credit - Scott Smyth from the Absolute Escapes team)
Daisy from the Absolute Escapes team at a stile near Walwick
Thirlwall Castle (credit - Scott Smyth)
Absolute Escapes clients at the Temple of Mithras on Hadrian's Wall (credit - Sean Haffey)
Zoe from the Absolute Escapes team walking through Milecastle 39 on Hadrian's Wall Path
Absolute Escapes clients walking Hadrian's Wall Path (credit - Paula Seidel)
River Eden in the sunshine (credit - Daisy Andrews)
Bowness-on-Solway to Carlisle (credit - Scott Smyth)
An Absolute Escapes client with a Hadrian's Wall Path waymarker (credit - Andrew Smith)

Hadrian’s Wall Path

From £595pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 84 miles / 135 km
Duration 6 - 9 Nights
  • Discover the incredible history of Hadrian’s Wall - a UNESCO World Heritage Site
  • Admire ancient ramparts, forts and castles along one of our finest historic monuments
  • Explore the vibrant cities of Newcastle-upon-Tyne and Carlisle en route
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Our client, Anne, at St Cuthbert's Cave (credit - Peter Backhouse)
The Absolute Escapes team with some of our clients walking the St Cuthbert's Way (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Absolute Escapes clients in the Cheviot Hills whilst walking from Morebattle to Kirk Yetholm on the St Cuthbert's Way (credit - Bob Siegel)
Lindisfarne Castle (credit - Michael Conrad)
Katia, Sheila and Sine from the Absolute Escapes team walking the St Cuthbert's Way (credit - Scott Smyth)
The Tweed River on the Melrose to Jedburgh section (credit - our client, Bob Siegel)
The Cheviot Hills
Absolute Escapes team members walking from from Wooler to Fenwick (credit - Melanie Grandidge)
Melrose Abbey (credit - Kenny Lam, VisitScotland)
The Absolute Escapes team walking the St Cuthbert's Way (credit - Scott Smyth)
Our client walking across the Pilgrim's Path to Holy Island at low tide (credit - Mari Leijo)
The approach to Kirk Yetholm (credit - Peter Backhouse)

St Cuthbert’s Way

From £570pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 62.5 miles / 100 km
Duration 5 - 8 Nights
  • Enjoy an unforgettable pilgrimage journey to the Holy Island of Lindisfarne
  • Explore the idyllic countryside of the Scottish Borders and the Cheviot Hills
  • Discover historic abbeys, priories and castles in Scotland and England
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Great Massingham - a pretty village on the Peddars Way
Approaching Wells-next-the-Sea on the Norfolk Coast Path
Happisburgh Lighthouse
Stiffkey Saltmarshes on the Norfolk Coast Path
Norfolk Coast Path waymarker with National Trails acorn symbol
Wells-next-the-Sea beach huts
Thetford Forest on the Peddars Way
Scott from Absolute Escapes at Blakeney Harbour on the Norfolk Coast Path
Houghton Hall (photo credit - Visit Norfolk)
Stiffkey Saltmarshes near Wells-next-the-Sea

Peddars Way & Norfolk Coast Path

From £1160pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 133 miles / 214 km
Duration 10 - 13 Nights
  • Journey through a magical land of sand dunes and salt marshes on the Norfolk Coast
  • Castle Acre - a tranquil rural village which boasts an extraordinary wealth of history
  • Walk in the footsteps of the Romans along the Peddars Way
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Katia from the Absolute Escapes team walking from Acharn to Aberfeldy (credit - Katia Fernandez Mayo)
Killin, Rob Roy Way (credit - Paul Tomkins, VisitScotland)
Highland cows on the Rob Roy Way (credit - our client, Peter Currie)
The route from Acharn to Aberfeldy (credit - Katia Fernandez Mayo)
Rob Roy Way signpost
An Absolute Escapes client walking from Dryman to Aberfoyle (credit - Peter Currie)
A swan on the River Tummel in Pitlochry (credit - our client, Gordon Adamson)
Rob Roy Way scenery from Aberfeldy to Pitlochry (credit - Katia Fernandez Mayo)
Absolute Escapes client on the Rob Roy Way (credit - Bobbi Larson & Jim Sequeira)
A swan on the River Tummel in Pitlochry (credit - our client, Gordon Adamson)
Absolute Escapes client walking the Rob Roy Way (credit - Robert Clarke)
Rob Roy Way scenery from Acharn to Aberfeldy (credit - Katia Fernandez Mayo)

Rob Roy Way

From £755pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 79 miles / 126 km
Duration 7 - 8 Nights
  • Follow in the footsteps of legendary Scottish folk hero Rob Roy MacGregor
  • Walk through beautiful forests and alongside some of Scotland's finest lochs, rivers and waterfalls
  • Discover the well-worn track used during the dramatic Jacobite uprisings and clan feuds
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Sunset over Elie Ness Lighthouse
High tide in Pittenweem (Credit - Scott Smyth)
Approaching Elie on the Fife Coastal Path (Credit - Scott Smyth)
Looking across to St Andrews Cathedral
Absolute Escapes clients by the Queensferry Crossing (Credit - Jane Stewart)
Overlooking the colourful villlage of Pittenweem (Credit - Gunter Gorbach)
Lady's Tower on the east side of Elie Ness
Colourful cottages by St Monans' Harbour
Ruins of St Andrews Castle
Leven Beach (Credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Wildflowers on the approach to Crail (Credit - Gunter Gorbach)
Tessa from the Absolute Escapes team near Elie

Fife Coastal Path

From £780pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 81 miles / 130 km
Duration 6 - 9 Nights
  • Explore the charming fishing villages of the East Neuk with their tiny harbours
  • Take on the challenge of the spectacular Elie Chain Walk which hugs the sea from Elie village
  • Visit St Andrews, a beautiful little town with an ancient university
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A group of hikers on the John Muir Way
The path near Blackness Castle (credit - Scott Smyth)
An Absolute Escapes client enjoying the views when walking from Helensburgh to Balloch (credit - Desiree Ventura)
Preston Mill, East Linton (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Absolute Escapes team members walking through Dunbar Country Park (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Maid of the Loch by Loch Lomond
The start of the John Muir Way in Helensburgh
The Absolute Escapes team at John Muir's Birthplace, Dunbar
The Forth Rail Bridge from South Queensferry
Coastal cliffs, Dunbar (credit - Zoe Kirkbride)
Linlithgow Loch (credit - Melanie Grandidge)
Absolute Escapes walker on the Bridge to Nowhere near Dunbar

John Muir Way

From £1265pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 134 miles / 215 km
Duration 11 - 12 Nights
  • Travel coast-to-coast traversing the heartland of Scotland
  • Pass the famous bonnie banks of Loch Lomond in Scotland's first National Park
  • Walk along the beautiful East Lothian coastline to Dunbar, birthplace of John Muir
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View of Goat Fell from Brodick
Walking from Machrie to Kilmory (Credit: Chrononauts Photography)
Catacol Bay, Arran Coastal Path
Red deer in front of Lochranza Castle
Dawn from Absolute Escapes walking from Lagg to Whiting Bay
Machrie Moor Standing Stones, Isle of Arran (Credit: VisitScotland / Kenny Lam)
Seals on the Isle of Arran
Isle of Arran from mainland Scotland

Arran Coastal Way

From £570pp

Walking Holidays
Distance 63 miles / 100 km
Duration 5 - 8 Nights
  • Admire fantastic views from the summit of Goat Fell
  • Spot porpoises, bottlenose dolphins and otters as you make your way around the island
  • Fantastic historic sites such as Machrie Moor, Brodick Castle and King's Cave
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